Happy Sunday! Thanks to Deb Nance at Readerbuzz for hosting The Sunday Salon.
Favorite Read of the Week
I post reviews on Instagram and Goodreads. What have you read this week?
Christmas with the Queen by Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb
My Review:
This was an absolutely charming work of historical fiction that I couldn’t stop listening to. The book begins in England 1952 and wraps up in 1957. We have three characters and the story alternates between their points of view: Olive Carter, single mother, typist at the BBC, and aspiring reporter, Jack, a grief-stricken widowed chef originally from New Orleans, who accepts a last-minute chance to cook in the royal kitchens at Sandringham and young Queen Elizabeth II who finds her feet as the new monarch.
The vivid details of the setting and the second chance romance made my heart happy, and it was just the Christmas read I needed. Highly recommend.
What I’m Reading & Listening to Now:
Reading: By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult
Listening: We Solve Murders (We Solve Murders #1) by Richard Osman
Week in Review:
Yay! We have made it to winter break. We’ve been working hard this weekend on chores like grocery shopping, laundry and cleaning so that hopefully we can relax a bit more starting Monday. We have also started baking and have a kitchen table full of baking supplies for more projects. We enjoyed two concerts this week, and I worked five days. I thought this snowman I spotted on the sidewalk was so cute:
Something I’m Looking Forward To:
A slower paced schedule this week and next and hopefully time to read by the Christmas tree. I’m working on my 2025 Reading Journal, and I always love the time I set aside to work on this project.
Posted Recently:
On the blog:
A review for a book I read earlier was published on Kings River Life News & Reviews. Check it out here:
“Mystery in Marseille” A Bite-Sized Art Heist Mystery by Nupur Tustin
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